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baby namesTue, 31 Mar 2015 22:25:29 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1By: LHhttp://nameberry.com/blog/naming-baby-after-an-old-boyfriend#comment-75282
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:34:58 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-75282I’m the one who’s pregnant right now, but my SIL (who is not pregnant anyhow, and probably won’t be for some time) is pretty upset that we’re considering “her” name, Noah, for our baby. However, Noah is the name of her ex. As in, the ex that she dated for 6 years up until the time she met my BIL, the ex that she very nearly married, the ex that continued to show interest in her until very recently, even though she’s been married for 5 years. Her reasoning is that when she was with him, they had always planned to have a Noah jr, and she had gotten so used to the idea that she decided to go with it even though she was no longer with Noah sr. If she has a second son, she plans to name him after her actual husband.
I would never, never steal a name I knew someone loved under normal circumstances , even if they weren’t pregnant yet, but come on! I feel that in this case I’m doing my BIL a favour.
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Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:03:00 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-23350I love my first big crushes name- Justin. I am hoping that Prince charming will have this name, though I am just as keen on Carston. I may use it one day when that guy fades far, far away, but there was a lot of drama around him and I. A lot. Maybe it’s best to avod these names?

“But they’re so good!’ I know, I know.

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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:07:23 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-16483Im trying to convince my husband to name our son Pierce. Which was my ex-boyfriend before him. This article will hopefully help alot! Because i want him to understand its not naming him after my ex, its me loving the name, not the person. I dont and wont associate the name Pierce with my ex.
]]>By: Traceyhttp://nameberry.com/blog/naming-baby-after-an-old-boyfriend#comment-9372
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:59:25 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9372My memories of my two serious ex-boyfriends, David and Ron, are bad enough that they only things I’d considering naming after them would be a garbage disposal or a toilet.
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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:03:10 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9249Kathryn: This is gorgeous. I absolutely love the story. Thanks for sharing.
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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:38:04 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9178We considered one of my ex’s names, Samuel, for our little boy. We were thinking of naming the twins Savannah and Samuel and I kind of wish we had. My husband didn’t care at all but some other people thought it was weird. Our son is named Isaac, which coincidentally, was my ex’s brother’s name. Whoops! I guess every kid shares a name with someone!
]]>By: Sebastianehttp://nameberry.com/blog/naming-baby-after-an-old-boyfriend#comment-9153
Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:25:22 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9153My mother was named for my grandmother’s fiance who was killed in the war. I never understood how my grandfather could tolerate that.
]]>By: xgravity23http://nameberry.com/blog/naming-baby-after-an-old-boyfriend#comment-9152
Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:24:09 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9152Such a great point. I am in love with the name Colin partially because of my ex, but when my husband first suggested it (and he DIDN’T know I had dated a Colin long ago), I couldn’t deny how much I liked the name. We don’t have kids yet, but it is on our “definitely will use” list. Now I have more ammo for doubters. Thanks for the great article!
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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:08:45 +0000http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3835#comment-9136Kathryn, what a great story!

When we named our daughter, we gave her the same initials as my husband’s college sweetheart – C.C. Just about everyone called his girlfriend Ceci, too. I’ve been wondering if our darling daughter will come home from sixth grade or freshman year demanding to be known as Ceci.

Now I know that, should that day ever come, it will be fine! In fact, too bad I didn’t read your post a year ago … maybe that’s what we would’ve nicknamed our little one.